Serbia’s Road to the EU: History, Mentality, Philosophy

CSDU Working Paper PP 01/2013
First published in 2013
First edition
Center for Good Governance Studies / Centar za studije dobrog upravljanja
CSDU Press, Belgrade, Serbia
Serbia’s Road to the EU: History, Mentality, Philosophy – Srđan M. Jovanović
1. European studies
2. Social history – East European History

Transition towards democracy, although almost as a rule seen from the point of view of the strictly political, is far from being such. It is an allencompassing social, cultural, economical, and even philosophical issue. This paper concentrates on several cultural instances that are crucial for understanding contemporary Serbia, especially in its modernization, EU integration and democratization.